'basketball' on Serious Eats

The NCAA tournament's Final Four games are on tonight, so naturally we decided to predict the winners based on the deliciousness of their college towns. So that would make it: Richmond vs. Indianapolis (VCU vs. Butler) and Lexington, KY vs. Storrs, CT (University of Kentucky vs UConn... though we'll stretch the border to Manchester, how does that sound?). Here are our thoughts on each team's food town. Sports fans or not, join the debate! What places did we leave out? More

"“He’s the only player that’s in the N.B.A. finals who is so out of shape. For the minutes that he plays, that’s almost impossible, but somehow he manages to find a way. Eating pizza before the game, every game, that’s unheard of.” —Orlando point guard Anthony Johnson, on teammate Hedo Turkoglu... More

What other piece of produce comes naturally in shades of gold and purple? (Alright, red-purplish). And has a homophone defined as "to conquer"? As in, to conquer the Celtics? Laker fans, get yourself both colors of beets and roast them... More